1st Edition
Evaporation of Water With Emphasis on Applications and Measurements
By Frank E. Jones
Copyright 1992
200 Pages
by
CRC Press
200 Pages
by
CRC Press
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The loss of water from lakes, rivers, oceans, vegetation, and the earth, as well as man-made structures such as reservoirs and irrigation conduits, is a major concern of hydrologists and irrigation specialists. This loss, compounded by the lack of usable water in some areas, indicates a need for field and laboratory research that will contribute to the understanding of the processes and... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Transport of Water Across the Interfacial Region 3. Evaporation and Condensation Coefficients 4. Evaporation from Water Drops 5. Surface Tension, Convection, And Interfacial Waves 6. Surface Temperature, Temperature Differences Between Surface and Bulk, Temperature Gradients, and Humidity Gradients above a Water Surface 7. Wind Tunnel Investigations of Evaporation 8. Monomolecular Films 9. Equations Used to Calculate Evaporation rate and Evapotranspiration 10. Evaporation Pans 11. Lysimetry 12. Evaporation Reduction by Various Means
Biography
Frank E. Jones
